Re: [squid-users] Start up behavior problems: object persistence

----- Original Message -----
From: "Geoff White" <geoffw@cybertribe.com>
To: <squid-users@squid-cache.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2001 12:29 AM
Subject: [squid-users] Start up behavior problems: object persistence

>

> a few seconds later...clicking refresh (IE5.5)

When you hit refresh your browser typically forces a retrieval. If you
want to test for access, don't use refresh, instead browse elsewhere,
clear you browser cache, and then go back to your test site.

> 2) Is there a way to extend the cache retention time dynamically?,
ideally
> I'd like to write some Java for my browser so that I could instruct
the
> cache (through ICP?) to hold on to this page for some time limit (
1min -
> infinity). This would be real useful if one is doing research and you
want
> to cache links that are transient (like CNN pages), has anyone done
this?

You could look at the offline mode in squid, this could be extended I
suspect to do what you want.

> Sorry for the newbie questions but I looked through the FAQ and the
e-mail
> archives and couldn't seem to find anything on either problem.

The first one is nearly a FAQ, due AFAICT to the assumption that
"refresh" will still get cached hits.

Rob
Received on Sat Oct 13 2001 - 09:23:36 MDT